FHSM VP-17575
Cretodus houghtonorum (Shimada and Everhart, 2019)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Cretodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
houghtonorum
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Shimada and Everhart
Order
Lamniformes
Year
2019
Family
Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Collected by
Bussen, J.P.
Date Collected
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2010-06-23
Type
Number of Pieces
numerous
Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, (1) partial skeleton in numerous concretions; Skull; Teeth, (134) teeth

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Mitchell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Blue Hill
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Turonian
Latest Age
Turonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (2 of 2)

Everhart, M.J., . 2016. Note on the rare occurrence of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) remains in the Blue Hill Shale (Middle Turonian) of Mitchell County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 119:375-380
Shimada, K., Everhart, M.J. 2019. A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39: